Illustrator CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide

23. Brushes

In This Chapter

Applying brushes to existing paths

Using the Brushes panel

Removing brush strokes from objects

Expanding brush strokes

Creating and editing Calligraphic brushes

Creating and editing Scatter brushes

Creating and editing Art brushes

Creating and editing Bristle brushes

Painting brush strokes inside objects

Duplicating brushes

Editing a brush manually

Editing brush strokes on objects

Deleting brushes

Creating a custom brush library

You can embellish plain vanilla path edges with a brush stroke that looks like ink, paint, or chalk, or that contains a pattern or multiple vector objects. The five flavors of brushes — Calligraphic, ...